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Quicktime to FLV
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So, in Quicktime, when you choose export, FLV is not one of the preset option? I'm not at my Mac do I don't have the right phrasing infront of me, but hopefully, that makes sense. I can't tell if you just don't have that option of if it's not outputting correctly. I have the same Quicktime as you, but Flash 8 and I can export to FLV without a hitch.
I may very well be the case, as I don't recall that option when I was using MX 2004. I can say that 8 handles video and video controllers beautifully. If they have a demo of it, you may want to download it and give it a try for this feature alone. It may only be a temporary fix, but you'll be pleased with the results.
When I used MX 04, I tended to use FFMPEGX to convert MOV files to FLV, but half the time I came up with those zero kb files like you. Pre Flash 8, I found that if something wasn't exactly right, FFMPEGX would not do the trick. The "export to FLV" option in Quicktime 7 Pro that comes with Flash 8 is really robust and has not once produced ill results, plus, it's remarkably fast.
In Flash 8, you can simply drag a .mov onto a project windows and it will offer to do a conversion to Flash video for you (just ignore the wrapper stuff it adds if all you care about is the .flv). I though that MX 2004 had this feature too
(Maybe only flash pro does this? At any rate, it can't hurt to try and see what happens.)
I would hate to upgrade to Flash 8 from MX 04 just for the FLV feature. I rarely use Flash for any designing or other work. Sorenson is pricey so the video2swf software for $45 is looking good. Thanks for all the input. I may upgrade the macromedia stuff when the universal binaries are out?
When opening the file, the Flash Player opens, but there's no screen, player, etc. Wanted to see the movie before uploading. Any help is appreciated.
Similar problem .mov to .flv
I have a similar need as the original poster of this thread. (failsafe1)
I even have the same hardware/software (MX2004)
I read the thread and I am able to import files into Flash's library and then export them as .flv files.
However, the files look awful. I see other .flv files from other people and they look GREAT!
Can anyone help??
I have a similar need as the original poster of this thread. (failsafe1)
I even have the same hardware/software (MX2004)
I read the thread and I am able to import files into Flash's library and then export them as .flv files.
However, the files look awful. I see other .flv files from other people and they look GREAT!
Can anyone help??
The current QuickTime works to make FLVs, but it doesn't use much of the CPU, so it takes forever on a big file. Does anyone have a recommendation for a multi-processor aware converter that will be able to use more of the CPU?
Hi I need to do this same thing convert .mov to .flv I heard that I could use perian but i downloaded it and dont know how to use the plugin with quicktime i have quicktime pro and .flv is not an option on the export dropdown even with perian installed in my system does anyone know how to use this ?
thanks
I just tried FFMPEGX and that seemed to work much better than QuickTime (something quoted at 12 hours on my 8-core took about 2 with that). Still, CPU and memory consumption were both pretty low. A better app optimized for this could have hammered that out in like 20 minutes on this machine I'd guess.
